Previewing the 2024 County Championship & Ben Stokes pulls out of the T20 World Cup Wisden Cricket Weekly

Yas Rana and Phil Walker are joined by Ben Bloom to preview the 2024 county cricket season and discuss the release of Ben's new book – Batting For Time: The Fight To Keep English Cricket Alive.
Mark Butcher also joins the show to discuss the county season, as well as Ben Stokes' withdrawal from the T20 World Cup.
Finally, Aadya Sharma dials in to chat about the remarkable rise of Mayank Yadav, the 21-year-old Indian speed sensation clocked at 97mph in this season's IPL.
*We apologise for some poor audio quality in brief segments of the main episode*

0:00 Intro / 0:59 Wisden Live Show / 1:51 Mark Butcher on Ben Stokes & the 2024 season / 19:51 County Championship preview / 55:36 Ben's new book & the future of English domestic cricket / 1:28:00 Total-Play Ltd / 1:35:59 Other stories from world cricket this week / 1:38:09 IPL / 1:53:02 Outro


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